Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)

ASIC is Australia's financial regulator, overseeing forex and CFD brokers operating in the Australian market. It requires client fund segregation, minimum capital requirements, and — since 2021 — leverage limits on CFDs for retail clients that broadly mirror ESMA's European caps. ASIC is generally considered a tier-1, reputable regulator; verifying a broker's ASIC license number directly on ASIC's public register is the standard way to confirm a claimed license is genuine.